Lesson:26 我们 上午 八点半 上课。
We have classes at half past eight in the morning.
A: 安妮，你 早上 几 点 起床？
Anne, What time do you get up in the morning?
B: 七点一刻。
A quarter past seven.
A: 晚上 几点 睡觉？
What time do you go to bed at night?
B: 十点。
ten o'clock.
A: 明天 你 有 课 吗？
Do you have any classes tomorrow?
B: 有。
Yes.
A: 你们 几点 上课？
What time do you start your class?
B: 我们 上午 八点半 上课。
We have classes at half past eight in the morning.
A: 什么 时候 下课？
When will the class be over?
B: 中午 十二点半 下课。
Class ends at half past twelve.
A: 你们 下午 有 课 吗？
Do you have classes this afternoon?
B: 有。我们 下午 两点 上课，差十分四点 下课。
Yes. We have classes at two in the afternoon and finish at ten minutes to four.
A: 你 哪 天 没有 课？
What day do you have no classes?
B: 我 星期五 没有 课。
I have no classes on Friday.
Chinese Character and Word.
起 /qǐ/ 课 /kè/ 下 /xià/ 上 /shàng/ 点 /diǎn/ 半 /bàn/ 差 /chà/ 床 /chuáng/ 睡 /shuì/ 早上 /zǎo shàng/ 晚上 /wǎn shàng/ 上课 /shàng kè/ 下午 /xià wǔ/ 起床 /qǐ chuáng/ 睡觉 /shuì jiào/ 上午 /shàng wǔ/ 时候 /shí hòu/ 下课 /xià kè/ 中午 /zhōng wǔ/ 几点 /jǐ diǎn/
Chinese Grammars.
1: Expression of Time
(1) “点” and “分” are used to express time in Chinese, observing the principle of “ the bigger unit preceding the smaller unit ”.
“点” means “ o'clock ”, indicating a whole hour. For example:
9:00 => 九点
11:00 => 十一点
2:00 => 两点
note: The counterpart of 2 o'clock in Chinese is “ 两点 ” instead of “ 二点(èr diǎn) ”.
If it is not a “ whole-hour ” time, “分” is used. The pattern is “ ...点...分 ”. For example:
4:30 => 四点三十分
8:05 => 八点五分
10:10 => 十点十分
(2) To distinguish a time before noon from one afternoon, the pattern “ 上午...点...分 ” or “ 下午...点...分 ” is used. For example:
8:00 am => 上午八点
4:30 pm => 下午四点三十分
8:05 pm => 下午八点五分
2: Expression of Time (刻)
Chinese “刻” is equal to fifteen minutes.
For example:
11:15 = 十一点一刻
7:15 = 七点一刻
7:45 = 七点三刻
3: Expression of Time (半)
Chinese “半” is equal to thirty minutes.
For example:
2:30 = 两点半
8:30 = 八点半
12:30 = 十二点半
4: Expression of Time (差)
4:55 = five minutes to five = 差五分五点 = 五点差五分
6:45 = a quarter to seven = 差一刻七点 = 七点差一刻
5: Time words used as an Adverbial
Nouns or phrases of time can be used as adverbials in front of verbs. In a sentence, the time noun usually comes after the subject.
For example:
Subject + Time(adverbial) + Predicate
我们 上午 八点半 上课。
We have classes at half past eight in the morning.
我 星期五 没有 课。
I have no classes on Friday.
我 每天 六点半 起床。
I get up half past six every day.
我 两点 去 图书馆 看 书。
I go to the library to read books at two.
But sometimes it may occur in front of the subject.
For example:
Time(adverbial) + Subject + Predicate
明天 你 有 课 吗？
Do you have any classes tomorrow?
晚上 我 学习 汉语。
I study Chinese at night.
明天 我 也 去。
I'll go tomorrow, too.
And sometimes you can omit the subject.
For example:
Time(adverbial) + Predicate
十一点半 下课。
Class ends at half past eleven.
八点 上课。
Class begins at eight.
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